The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2077
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
5:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1914
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.24° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.66° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.